When the troubled rap great DMX emerged as a seismic force in the late ’90s, his popularity felt like a rebuke to the Bad Boy Family, the slick and flashy New York rap crew whose era immediately preceded his own. (It didn’t help that DMX’s Ruff Ryders label provided a new home for the Lox, […]
Stereogum — When the troubled rap great DMX emerged as a seismic force in the late ’90s, his popularity felt like a rebuke to the Bad Boy Family, the slick and flashy New York rap ... more info